Philip Leventhal
@PhilipLeventhal
Editor at @ColumbiaUP. I acquire in Film and Media Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies. Opinions my own.
Thank you Dr. @dem8z! Ever grateful for your encouraging words along the way & your pioneering example always. And how delightful to see AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION in such excellent company w/ dear @pdouglassphd’s important new offering! Hope you enjoy both appetizers & meals😁
@pdouglassphd @ProfMcInnis, My orders came in! Couldn’t wait to get home to open them, so I stopped at a cafe for a reading appetizer.
Journalists, too, are starving in Gaza. “There are moments when my hands tremble too hard to hold a pen, when I can’t focus my eyes on the camera lens in front of me. The hunger scrambles everything—thought, memory, even language.” That’s what Abdulrahman Ismail, a young visual…
"Before I wrote this book, I was determined not to." In OVERDETERMINED, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan explores the politics of identity in literary studies and the complexities of teaching minoritized literatures in the West. bit.ly/3IhmpHX @columbiaup
To understand how @ZohranKMamdani won the mayoral primary by a full 12 points last month, it helps to understand how tenants like Ferdousi Begum and Parveg Hasan decided to go on the offensive against real estate. My first for @nybooks, learned so much! nybooks.com/online/2025/07…
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication. My latest. theguardian.com/education/2025…
"At the end of the day, I don't think my education is as important as the lives of people in Gaza who are being murdered and intentionally starved right now." hellgatenyc.com/columbia-suspe…
To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States has been longlisted for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards Learn more about the book here: palestinebookawards.com/books/item/to-…
I so enjoyed this interview with @DukeTrinity about my new book, AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION: PLOTTING AGRARIAN FUTURES IN THE GLOBAL BLACK SOUTH. If you'd like to learn more about some of the big ideas in my book, this interview is a great way in! tinyurl.com/3fycvn54
Eleanor J. Bader reviews 'An Education,' in which a former conservative education advocate chronicles her shift to critiquing reforms. newpages.com/blog/books/boo… #bookreviews #booknews #education #readingcommunity @DianeRavitch @ColumbiaUP
Looking South for the Roots of the Harlem Renaissance: @ProfMcInnis Examines “Afterlives of the Plantation” | @DukeTrinity trinity.duke.edu/news/looking-s…
Now Available! HOLLYWOOD'S OTHERS: LOVE & LIMITATION IN THE STAR SYSTEM, by Katherine Fusco. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%: bit.ly/4kN4HcR @columbiaup
"Goble’s brilliant analyses show how slow motion is 'the dream work' technology that stretches and makes perceptible a catastrophic history in the making." -- Jennifer Fay Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% on DOWNTIME, by Mark Goble. tinyurl.com/y7pc948d. @columbiaup
Looking South for the Roots of the Harlem Renaissance: Jarvis McInnis Examines “Afterlives of the Plantation” | @DukeTrinity trinity.duke.edu/news/looking-s…
"[UNSEASONABLE] is a necessary book for environmental and ecocritical humanists interested in expanding their sense of climate change literatures beyond those produced in the Global North."-Patrick Whitmarsh, ISLE. buff.ly/ZtlZMqf @sarahdimick #Phenology #Envhum #Climate
Another sighting of my new book, AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, in the wild! This time in San Francisco at @CityLightsBooks. A beautiful sight to behold! @ColumbiaUP 🙌🏾🎉🙏🏾👏🏾
"[A] rich diagnosis of the complexities, disavowals, and tangles that inform what it means to read in the twenty-first century...."-- Michael Allan Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% on OVERDETERMINED, by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan! bit.ly/3IhmpHX @columbiaup
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Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% on OVERDETERMINED, by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan! bit.ly/3IhmpHX @columbiaup](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwAGVzoXYAA_-Xe.jpg)
"[O]n every page of THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT there is a light-bulb moment where I am shocked, outraged—and reinvigorated." -- Nina Sun Eidsheim Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% on Pooja Rangan's extraordinary new book. bit.ly/4lWIIRO @p8ja @ColumbiaUP
![PhilipLeventhal's tweet image. "[O]n every page of THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT there is a light-bulb moment where I am shocked, outraged—and reinvigorated." -- Nina Sun Eidsheim
Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% on Pooja Rangan's extraordinary new book. bit.ly/4lWIIRO @p8ja @ColumbiaUP](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gv-3l23XsAAz11-.jpg)
Now available! EXILES IN NEW YORK CITY shares untold stories from Ward’s Island, offering a new lens on the city’s past and present from the perspective of the marginalized. buff.ly/pMUihZ6 #History #NewYork #Sociology #Psychology #HistoryOfPsychology #ReadMore #ReadUP
Now available! IN OUR INTEREST provides a new, optimistic perspective on the political prospects of pro-immigration reforms. buff.ly/vF9OH1x @akoustov #Philosophy #PoliticalTheory #PoliticalScience #Politics #Immigration #InternationalRelations #ReadMore #ReadUP